I arrived early enough that I got some preride miles in by riding to the golf course and back.. Once the others showed up the leisurely preride pace picked up. That's why I like this ride, it fits in well, right between my two Rocky Butte hill repeat rides, and offers some faster pace, relatively flat, riding. It's a good change from hill repeats.
There were 10 of us this evening, riding from Scholls Heights out to the Forest Hills Golf Club, then back via Laurel and Scholls. It was a good evening for a ride. It was 87 degrees as we started out at 6PM. No arm warmers needed tonight!
Tonight Max was doing sweep and hand holding duty escorting a rider who was in a bit over her head. (gotta remember to read those ride descriptions!) Our lead group would hold up from time to time to allow our slower friends to regroup with us.
Since Max was busy with his ride leader duties that left Diana and I to do the drag racing. I was in my big gear and at 33 mph before she dropped off my wheel. I pedaled on up to 38 mph before coming up to the stop sign at Laurel. We joke about riding like a girl (she rides hard and rides well) so I told her she just needed a bit more girl before she took me on again. ;-) She gave me a good run for my money tonight.
8 of us met following the ride for pizza and refreshments.... and a lot of bikey talk. ;-)
It was a good evening to be out on a bike!
........road bike.......rollers.........mtb.....lifecycle.....total Today........68..............0..............0..........0............68 Jan.........105.............34.............0..........0..........139 Feb.........428............108.............0.........24..........536 March.......809..............0.............0.........22............831 April.........1010..............0.............0..........0.........1010 May..........1000..............0.............20..........0.......1020 June..........1500...............0...............0............0.....1500
July............601...............0................0............0.......601
YTD........5444............142............20.........46.........5527
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